Rocco Marconi (1480 - 1529) David with the Head of Goliath, 1515-1525 Oil on panel 78.5 x 64.8 cm Distinctive elements: on the verso of the frame, on the upper axis, in black felt-tip pen 'LK 1338'; on the left axis, difficult to read, in pencil, '156'; on the lower left-hand corner, square white label, in pen '338/2000'. On the upper axis of the frame, on a red sticker, in pen "106"; along the left axis printed label "...NSPEED LIMITED, ... SHOUSE WALK. SE11, ... none 020-7735 0566", "REF.", filled in pen "2922", "Christie, old. Modern Masters, lot 106". Followed by three identical printed labels with barcode '1169 0313'. Provenance: Conolly family, Castletown, near Celbridge in County Killdare, Ireland (1734-1960): probably acquired by Tom Conolly (1734-1803) in 1758 on the Grand Tour, passed by descent through Major Edward Michael Conolly, C.M.G. (1874-1956), to his nephew William Francis Conolly-Carew, 6th Baron Carew, C.B.E. (1905-1994), son of Catherine, Lady Carew, née Conolly; Christie's, London, 25 November 1960, l. 27 (as Giorgione); Christie's, London, 9 July 2003, l. 106 (as 'Venetian School, circa 1530') Bibliography: Christie's, London, 25 November 1960, l. 27 (Giorgione); Christie's, London, 9 July 2003, l. 106 (Venetian School, circa 1530); E. M. Dal Pozzolo, "Quale religiosità in Giorgione?", in G. Cecchetto, ed., "Le tende cristiane nella Castellana", Atti del Convegno (Castelfranco Veneto, 11-18-25 November 1996), Castelfranco Veneto 1997, pp. 126-127, 137-138 footnotes 34-35, p. 152, ill. 17 (Marconi, attributed to); E. M. Dal Pozzolo, "Tra Cariani e Rocco Marconi", in "Venezia Cinquecento", VII, no. 13, January-June 1997, p. 10 (Marconi); G. Fossaluzza, "Davide e Gionatan con la testa di Golia", in E. M. Dal Pozzolo, "Giorgione", Milan 2009, p. 207, ill. 173 (Marconi) Exhibitions: London, Royal Academy, Winter Exhibition, 1908, no. 29 (as 'Early Italian'); Dublin, National Gallery of Ireland, 1922; Robilant & Voena Milan-London, 2022 Certificates: Giorgio Fossaluzza's file dated September 2009 (in digital format) Constraints: Work in temporary importPreservation status Support: 75% (at least one vertical joint; slight convexity; one long vertical fracture due to pressure, without major pictorial falls; consolidated fractures at the lower margin; minor woodworm damage, major damage in the lower right corner; parqueted board) Conservation status. Surface: 70% (for a few millimetres in the upper part and on the right the panel is not painted; slight swelling, scattered and stabilised, especially in the upper half; diffuse paint losses and additions also on the faces, to a lesser extent on the central face) Room IX of the Gallerie dell'Accademia - the most important collection of Venetian and Veneto art from the 14th to the 18th century - is dedicated to the comprimarios who, also active in the Mainland, in the wake of Bellini and Palma il Vecchio and alongside Titian, drew the new panorama of lagoon painting in the early 16th century: Lorenzo Lotto, Palma il Vecchio and Rocco Marconi. It is precisely to Rocco Marconi's catalogue that the "remarkable panel" under examination belongs, "already in England in the Conolly collection, exhibited in 1908 at the Royal Academy in London and in 1922 at the National Gallery of Ireland, and which appeared at auction - with attribution to Giorgione - in London in 1960" (Dal Pozzolo 1997a). (... continued: complete card in the catalogue pdf at the link https://goforarts.com/doc/VB_IT_2_2/Meraviglie_Atto_II_HR.pdf . The catalogue also includes lots not available on online platforms, including many of the most prestigious).